Self-lacing 'Back to the Future' sneaks sell for whopping $52,500 at auction

Maybe this is the same buyer who threw down $133,000 for two NBA Finals tickets? 

Either way, someone just spent a lot of money on a pair of sneakers. Historic, collectors' item sneakers that hold a legendary place in pop-culture history — but still, sneakers. 

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A pair of Nike Mag self-lacing sneakers — inspired by the ones featured in Back to the Future II — just fetched $52,500 at public auction. 

Nike released replicas of the Mag model in 2011, but those didn't include the signature self-lacing feature that made the sneakers from the film so well-known. In 2016, the company released a tricked-out Nike Mag that actually incorporated the futuristic self-lacing feature.  Read more...

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